Society & Culture Rage-inducing situations

[Max Rockatansky]

Tend to go beserk when I allow a driver coming the other way down the street through and they don't give me the wave/point acknowledging my good deed. One day, my head will explode as a result of this.

All they have to do is raise one ****ing finger off the steering wheel but noooooooo - they're too important to do that!!

Also - people at ATMs who stand there after they have their money, card & receipt & proceed to take forever to put money in purse then move purse around in handbag .. or stand there reading the receipt.. while a long queue is behind them . Take your card, money & receipt & immediately move to the ****ing right please

 

[Lazarus]

Staying up past midnight watching ABC television on a Friday or Saturday.

i see what you did there

 

[Frothies Mcveigh]

People who just stop in the middle of the corridor at school, if you are gonna talk to someone then get out of the way.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

You're approaching a two-lane intersection with traffic lights, intending to go straight through. The lights are red. It is a very busy and somewhat dangerous intersection, but for some reason road planners don't think it necessary to install right-turn arrows.

A number of cars are in the left hand lane, either turning left or going straight through, and in the right lane is one car, obviously going straight through as well as they are not indicating.

You stop in the right lane behind the car, and wait while wave after wave of traffic goes through the intersecting road. Finally the light turns green - and the moron in front of you decides he wants to turn right, puts on his indicator - and you are stuck there while he tries to turn against a seemingly endless line of traffic coming from the other direction. Cutting into the left lane proves impossible; the traffic coming from behind you in this lane is busy and prevents this. Finally, the lights turn orange and the clown gets to turn right - while you are stuck at the now red light waiting for eternity for them to turn green again.

Most frequently, the car in front of you creating this drama is a four-wheel-drive.

THIS. happens all the time.

or kents coming in the right lane and indicate and nudge their way over trying to get infront of 50 cars doing the right thing. they then abuse and toot when you don't let them in

 

[BarneyBent]

Tend to go beserk when I allow a driver coming the other way down the street through and they don't give me the wave/point acknowledging my good deed. One day, my head will explode as a result of this.

Yes. Conversely, if somebody does something a bit stupid, or scary, or dangerous, just not good driving etiquette, they should bloody raise a hand to acknowledge that they did wrong. Shits me when they just drive along as if they did nothing wrong.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Crying kids at work. Makes me want to murder

 

[Smoooothy]

pulling upto a red light at an intersection, get pole position and come to a complete stop, only for the light to turn green as soon as you've hit that complete stop

imad.....

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

pulling upto a red light at an intersection, get pole position and come to a complete stop, only for the light to turn green as soon as you've hit that complete stop

imad.....

or you're in the lane with nobody in it...2 slow cars pull up in the right and just as you're getting to the pole position, they pull over into the free lane.

they then take 15 seconds to move and hit 20 whilst the other lane is long gawn.

 

[Normy132]

One-off driving incidents don't really piss me off. It's a series of them that get me raged up.

I know I shouldn't do this but I've made a habit of boxing in speeding drivers on two-lane roads. Like if I look in the rear view mirror and see a car clearly doing 100 on an 80 road I'll slow down/speed up to the nearest car in the other lane to ensure he slows down. I dunno, I just feel the need to teach them a lesson for no reason.

 

[shibz_1989]

People with no consideration for the facts. Ie. There is only one crew person on, which is why you have to wait 10 minutes in drive thru, not because everyone is doing nothing you ****ing idiot!

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

One-off driving incidents don't really piss me off. It's a series of them that get me raged up.

I know I shouldn't do this but I've made a habit of boxing in speeding drivers on two-lane roads. Like if I look in the rear view mirror and see a car clearly doing 100 on an 80 road I'll slow down/speed up to the nearest car in the other lane to ensure he slows down. I dunno, I just feel the need to teach them a lesson for no reason.

Haha, good on you.

 

[saint_larry]

Found a copy of Pokemon gold at the camberwell market for $5.
High hopes.
Go home, try it out.
Game is dodgy, refuses to save.
...

 

[djrossie16]

Getting racially abused at Maccas by a bunch of bogans/derelicts.

 

[tb_fanboy]

Found a copy of Pokemon gold at the camberwell market for $5.
High hopes.
Go home, try it out.
Game is dodgy, refuses to save.
...

Downloading a long file: this file is not compatible
ARGGHHH

 

[THRILLHO]

I find myself getting angrier in supermarkets as I'm getting older. Whenever the line stops moving for some reason, or some old granny is taking 5 minutes to count out $20 in coins, i feel myself boiling over

For some reason I get really agitated in supermarkets as well. I think it's because I write a list, get in get out, move swiftly, trying not to hog the entire aisle but as soon as I enter the supermarket I'm stuck behind some mother with a child or some old person, sloooooowly walking, stopping constantly, leaving their trolley in the middle of the aisle and basically just getting in everyone's way.

Then, if I manage to fight through the old lady and baby obstacle course, I'm invariably stopped at the checkout as both Coles and Woolworths are determined to be tight-arse bastards who only ever have about three checkouts manned, with queues about five deep.

 

[THRILLHO]

or kents coming in the right lane and indicate and nudge their way over trying to get infront of 50 cars doing the right thing. they then abuse and toot when you don't let them in

Didnt read this, cbf editing, will double post instead.


A couple of months ago, there was a pretty big smash on the Hume Highway, Melbourne bound, about ten minutes outside of Seymour. Everyone has done the right thing, gotten into the right hand lane, leaving the left clear for council to get through to clear the fallen trees.

Right behind this truck comes this moron who has thought he is clearly far more important than the rest of us. He stops right next to me and indicates. We have to wait about another ten minutes before the traffic moves a bit, I'm looking at him, trying to show him there's no way I'm gonna let him in. As I move past, he throws his hands up, clearly upset I havent let him in.

Why do people act like this?

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

1. Slow walkers / stoppers in shops. GTFO MY WAY!

It's always the asians. They have absolutely no idea and are in their own world when walking around at shops.

For me most of my rage comes when on the road. Probably the most annoying thing is simply slow drivers. Far too often I seem to be asking myself why the **** am I going 50?

On that, old people on the road in peak hour gives me the shits. They have all the time in the world to go out, do their shopping etc yet choose to head to the shops at 8.30 in the morning at snails pace when people are rushing to get to work.

And I'm not a P plater but it shits me when old people get let off the hook in regards to driving and young ones cop all the criticism. The majority are a hazard on the road and IMO once someone hits 65 they should have yearly driving tests to prove they're still capable because I've seen many more incidents with old people & myself have had near misses with the elderly due to their inattention.

 

[Borry]

When I am in a bad mood a lot of trivial things can send me into feelings of rage. I am luckily intelligent enough not to make a fool of myself by expressing it in a serious physical sense. But there are particular things that can always send me into rage those things include.

1. Being stuck behind slow drivers and being stuck behind drivers who just don't understand that you don't have to stop at a roundabout to give way to cars that have not approached the roundabout yet. You only give way to cars that are going to cut across your path, no one else. they are intersections that are designed to keep the flow of traffic going, so the give way to thr right rules does not apply.

2. Middle aged women in 4WDs, particularly because of their selfish driving habits.

3. Slow walkers always shit me when I'm stuck behind them. As well as dumbarses that just stand still on a travellator at the local shopping centre or an escalator and refuse to give way to you when you are on the move.

4. Dealing with the many ignorant and narrow minded f*ckwits.

5. The Responsible Service of Alcohol policing in many bars and nightspots in Perth. In many places I swear being drunk is considered more sin than being drunk in the Middle East.

 

[E92_]

one word.... Telstra

 

[breeno]

In regards to the OP.

I'm not the be all and end all of knowledge in regards to fitness, but I know a bit. Friend of mine continually preaches to me how he's going to get the body of the Gods and shit. I ask him what he's doing and he says he does "the dumbbell curl thingies and situps".

I try and say to him that working out 2 body parts (with only one exercise on each) is pretty ****ing shit, before he gets all abusive and says that "I know what I'm talking about, and it's ****ing effective."

Wow.

 

[clarkoscluster]

Definitely CANNOT stand slow drivers. I just don't understand for the life of me why people can't stick to the speed limit. Why would you want to drive 80 on a 100km/h freeway? Don't you want to get to wherever your going with relative efficiency. The powers that be have obviously dictated that 100km/h on that particular road is a safe speed. Slow drivers are more dangerous then speeding drivers imo, because they cause mass amounts of frustration and force people to continually lane-change. And for the record, I usually don't speed and I've never received a speeding fine. I just can't stand being stuck behind ignorant fools with no regard for speed limits. They need to foad.

 

[Borry]

The ones that are particularly bad are the ones going along at 90 or less in the middle and right lanes. There seems to be hordes of them on the freeways in Perth during busier periods, even when theres no bumper-to-bumper traffic to deal with.

 

[Normy132]

The ones that are particularly bad are the ones going along at 90 or less in the middle and right lanes. There seems to be hordes of them on the freeways in Perth during busier periods, even when theres no bumper-to-bumper traffic to deal with.

This. I don't mind slow drivers on freeways in particular but the ones that really sh*t me are the ones that can't recognise the situation and adjust accordingly i.e. move into the left-hand lanes.

 

[Power King]

People with no consideration for the facts. Ie. There is only one crew person on, which is why you have to wait 10 minutes in drive thru, not because everyone is doing nothing you ****ing idiot!

This. It's amazing how often you see adults act like ****ing children due to impatience when it comes to the setting of customer service. These are grown ups we're talking about, behaving like bratty four year olds (and I only expect this behaviour from four year olds that have shit-for-brains parents). These are usually people that have not been well-educated or are ferals.

Yes. Conversely, if somebody does something a bit stupid, or scary, or dangerous, just not good driving etiquette, they should bloody raise a hand to acknowledge that they did wrong. Shits me when they just drive along as if they did nothing wrong.

I always acknowledge my errors and will raise a hand if I've turned too late at a round-a-bout for example. If people don't do this to me I can't say it induces rage but it does make me pity the v8 bogan/wogan or japanese toy car worshipping riceboi that did it in the first place. I guess it's because I don't expect it. Actually, if you look through the thread, expectation is a core issue here. If your expectations are not met (whatever the post), rage is induced.

 

[WCErevival]

The ones that are particularly bad are the ones going along at 90 or less in the middle and right lanes. There seems to be hordes of them on the freeways in Perth during busier periods, even when theres no bumper-to-bumper traffic to deal with.

Whats with the freeways in perth now? Everyone does 80 or 90. You do 100 and fly past everyone else. Almost like they're to scared to do the limit or dont know what it is.

For some reason I get really agitated in supermarkets as well. I think it's because I write a list, get in get out, move swiftly, trying not to hog the entire aisle but as soon as I enter the supermarket I'm stuck behind some mother with a child or some old person, sloooooowly walking, stopping constantly, leaving their trolley in the middle of the aisle and basically just getting in everyone's way.

Then, if I manage to fight through the old lady and baby obstacle course, I'm invariably stopped at the checkout as both Coles and Woolworths are determined to be tight-arse bastards who only ever have about three checkouts manned, with queues about five deep.

Another one for the supermarket. I can go in and get all my shopping in about 15 minutes. You watch the mums plod around and check all the different prices, every piece of meat in the freezer etc Then you get to the check out. I swear some people must shop once every 6 months with the amount of stuff they have in their trolley. Have to stand behind old people talking trash to the check out kid. That simpsons episode where Apu and Marge line up in the longest line with all the single guys is so true.